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  Merkel backs longer Brexit delay than London seeking

  Agence France-Presse . Berlin | Updated at 12:00am on April 11, 2019

  German chancellor Angela Merkel said Wednesday that she was open to giving Britain more time to arrange its exit from the EU than the June...

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  British MPs pass law to block no-deal Brexit

  Agence France-Presse . London | Updated at 12:00am on April 10, 2019

  British MPs on Monday passed a new law aimed at preventing a no-deal Brexit this week by obliging the government to ask EU leaders for...

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  Brexit hangs in the balance: Labour says no breakthrough yet

  Reuters . London | Updated at 12:00am on April 09, 2019

  The opposition Labour Party said on Monday that prime minister Theresa May had so far failed to convince it to support a divorce deal, two...

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  Thousands protest at climate change in Switzerland

  Agene-France-Presse . Geneva | Updated at 12:00am on April 08, 2019

  Tens of thousands of people demonstrated Saturday in several Swiss cities against climate change, the Swiss news agency Keystone-ATS reported.Around 50,000 marched in all, the...

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  May warns deal with opposition only way to secure Brexit

  Agene-France-Presse . London | Updated at 10:35pm on April 07, 2019

  UK prime minister Theresa May on Saturday defended her decision to turn to Britain’s main opposition to get her EU divorce deal approved, warning without...

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  UK issues passports without ‘European Union’ on cover

  Agence France-Presse . London | Updated at 12:56am on April 07, 2019

  Britain has begun issuing passports with the words ‘European Union’ removed from the front cover — despite Brexit being delayed and its political leaders deadlocked...

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  Tensions at migrant camp in N Greece

  Agence France-Presse . Diavata, Greece | Updated at 12:08am on April 07, 2019

  New tensions erupted on Saturday outside a migrant camp in northern Greece between migrants and Greek police who prevented them from advancing towards the border...

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  Amal Clooney named UK media freedom envoy

  Agence France-Presse . Dinard, France | Updated at 12:02am on April 07, 2019

  Prominent human rights lawyer Amal Clooney said it had ‘never been more dangerous to report the news’ on Friday as she was appointed special envoy...

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  May asks EU to delay Brexit till June 30

  Agence France-Presse . London | Updated at 12:00am on April 06, 2019

  Prime minister Theresa May asked the European Union on Friday to delay Britain’s departure from the bloc until June 30, with the extension ending earlier...

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  Brexit chaos stirs bafflement in UK ex-colonies

  Agence France-Presse . Hong Kong | Updated at 12:28am on April 05, 2019

  Across much of Britain’s former Asian colonies, many are greeting the UK’s impending departure from the European Union with a mixture of bafflement, apathy, amusement...